title: Synthesis and properties of 2-azido-NAD+. A study of interaction with glutamate dehydrogenase.
abstract: A photoactive coenzyme analog of NAD+ has been synthesized by chemically coupling [32P]2-azido-AMP and NMN to produce [32P]nicotinamide 2-azidoadenosine dinucleotide (2-azido-NAD+). The utility of 2-azido-NAD+ as an effective active-site-directed photoprobe was demonstrated using bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase as a model enzyme. In the absence of ultraviolet light, 2-azido-NAD+ is a substrate for this enzyme. Photoincorporation of probe was saturable with two different apparent dissociation constants of 10 microM and 40 microM. Protection of photoinsertion was seen with the natural substrate NAD+ with apparent dissociation constants of less than 5 microM and 25 microM. This observation may be explained on the basis of negative cooperative interaction between the subunits. The photoinsertion of 2-azido-NAD+ was increased by GTP and decreased by ADP in accordance with their known effects on NAD+ binding. When the enzyme was covalently modified by photolysis in the presence of saturating amounts of photoprobe, an approximately 40% inhibition of the enzyme activity was observed. These results demonstrate that the photoaffinity coenzyme analog has potential application as a probe to characterize NAD(+)-binding proteins and to identify the active sites of these proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Haley
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001386:Azides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007536:Isomerism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009243:NAD / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D001386:Azides; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009243:NAD; C062879:nicotinamide 2-azidoadenine dinucleotide; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase